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Birthday June 22, 1917

• The temperature on June 22, 1917 was between 10.2 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 19.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer († 1999)
• 1916 » Emil Fackenheim, Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi († 2003)
• 1916 » Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer († 1982)
• 1916 » Richard Eastham, American actor († 2005)
• 1918 » Cicely Saunders, English Anglican nurse, social worker, physician and writer († 2005)
• 1918 » Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore († 1993)